Two injured after rollover crash at I-75 and Lapeer Road

By MEGAN SEMERAZ

Monday, April 8, 2013

Two were sent to a local hospital Monday after a motorist who lost control of her car was hit by another driver, causing both cars to run off the road along I-75.

"One of (the vehicles) rolled over, and there is one serious injury," said Auburn Hills Police Department Lt. Ryan Gagnon early Monday. "(The driver) lost control curve on southbound I-75 as she was approaching the M-24 interchange."

Gagnon reports that a 21-year-old Detroit woman driving a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt lost control while driving along the expressway, and was hit by a 2010 Chevrolet Express van.

"Both vehicles left the roadway where the ... Cobalt rolled over into the right ditch," Gagnon said in a media release.

The woman -- who sustained serious, but not life-threatening injuries in the collision -- was immediately taken to McLaren Oakland Hospital. She suffered several facial injuries, along with wrist and arm lacerations, said Gagnon.

The driver of the van, 47, from Clio, was also sent to McLaren for non-life-threatening injuries he sustained.

Preliminary reports indicate that neither alcohol nor drugs were a factor in the crash, but a mechanical failure of the woman's car may have.

"She made an initial comment that there was some type of mechanical problem or the vehicle wasn't acting properly while she was driving in the left lane (of I-75)," said Gagnon. "At that point, she lost control of the car."

Gagnon noted that both drivers will recover "in the long run."

The South Oakland County Crash Investigation Team -- comprised of members of the Auburn Hills, Troy, and Bloomfield Township Police Departments -- is further investigating the crash to determine exactly what happened.